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June 19, 2007
New website highlights Collaborations for HealthMcMaster's Collaborations for Health initiative has launched a website to raise its profile and spotlight the University's interdisciplinary strengths in research and education.
June 18, 2007
Father’s battle with cancer inspires student’s award-winning researchA McMaster-Mohawk student has won a national award for a research presentation inspired by her father's early diagnosis and successful treatment of prostate cancer.
June 18, 2007
Phil Wood reappointed for five-year termDr. Phil Wood has been reappointed as associate vice-president (student affairs) and dean of students for a five-year term starting July 1, 2007. The reappointment was approved by the Board of Governors on June 14.
June 18, 2007
McMaster hosts Advanced Materials WeekFirst there was stone, wood and animal bones. Then people discovered how to make bronze, iron and pottery. Next came rubber, plastics and polymers. Today, we manufacture a vast array of materials from advanced metal alloys to silicon and ceramics.
June 18, 2007
Ron Joyce donates $10 million to McMaster Burlington campusPhilanthropist and businessman Ron Joyce has donated $10 million to help launch McMaster University's Burlington campus.
June 15, 2007
Question of the WeekThis week's question was submitted by Imre Polik, who wanted to know if McMaster has an electronic waste disposal program.
June 15, 2007
Summer Institute to focus on health policy makingStudents of the Ontario Training Centre in Health Services and Policy Research (OTC) will gather at McMaster University next week for the centre's annual Summer Institute.
June 15, 2007
Another year for associate vice-president academicDr. Fred A. Hall's term as associate vice-president (academic) will be extended by one year, starting July 1, 2007. The extension was approved by the Board of Governors on June 14.
June 14, 2007
McMaster aims to balance budgetMcMaster University's Board of Governors today approved a 2007/08 budget that is the cornerstone of a conservative financial strategy that could see the University eliminate the operating in-year deficit within three years.
June 14, 2007
Research with a twist: When to turn breech babiesAn international study led by a McMaster researcher aims to determine if a manual procedure to turn breech babies in the uterus can result in fewer births by caesarean section.
June 14, 2007
Board of Governors approves McMaster Burlington CampusMcMaster's planned Burlington campus took another significant step forward today as the University's Board of Governors approved the project in principle.
June 14, 2007
Elbestawi appointed as vice-president Research and International AffairsFollowing an international search, Mo Elbestawi has been appointed McMaster University's next vice-president Research and International Affairs. His five-year appointment begins July 1, 2007.
June 13, 2007
Plants recognize their siblings, biologists discoverThe next time you venture into your garden armed with plants, consider who you place next to whom. It turns out that the docile garden plant isn't as passive as widely assumed, at least not with strangers. Researchers have found that plants get fiercely competitive when forced to share their pot with strangers of the same species, but they're accommodating when potted with their siblings.
June 13, 2007
Library receives grant to develop website on peace and warThe Division of Archives and Research Collections at Mills Memorial Library has been awarded almost $100,000 to develop a state of the art website on Peace and War in the Twentieth Century. Culture Online Programme.
June 12, 2007
Study to search for more answers on autism therapyA research study that may provide hope of finding an effective, alternative intervention for children with autism who do not respond to Intensive Behavioural Intervention (IBI), is being conducted under the leadership of McMaster University.
June 12, 2007
McMaster hosts Symposium on Student-Centred LearningThere will be no plenaries, PowerPoint presentations or posters at the Symposium on Student- Centred Learning in the Life and Health Sciences: Beyond the Small Class Setting on June 15 and 16 at the MDCL.
June 11, 2007
McMaster hosts Junior Inquiry CampSummer is near and kids are looking for excitement while their parents are looking for somewhere safe, non-competitive and educational for their children to have fun.
June 11, 2007
Personal finance course helps students plan for the futureIs your summer job less about a line on your resume and more about the looming tuition bill you have to pay this fall? Worried about paying off your student loans when you graduate?
June 8, 2007
A bug man’s lifeMarvin Gunderman has cockroaches in his office, but he won't be calling the exterminator any time soon. The cockroaches are his pets, not pests. Gunderman, also known as the "bug man," is an insect aficionado. As technical coordinator, curator of entomology and insect taxonomist in the Department of Biology, Gunderman is as happy as a bug in a rug.
June 8, 2007
Workshop to focus on safe waterThis weekend, researchers from the world over will meet at McMaster University to look at ways of improving global health through safe water.